Yup, I was only out of the game for about three month's before climbing and jumping again.

Thanks for everything you do! I have one of your photos of Kait and I hanging on the wall, here at the house. Like I said, just razzing a friend and it felt like I was on the bridge saying the above, all good mate... virtual bridge spray.

"The National Park Service, (NPS) now says that as a volunteer, all my photos, writings, blogs, artistic renderings, etc. that were done using information gathered while volunteering at the Bridge, are now exclusively the property of the NPS and I have no rights to any of my own work."

It's a good thing that you gathered all that info before and after your shift. ;-)

I'm glad you gave up the nps gig instead of your calling making the El Cap report!

So actually, I believe the issue is the right to sell or otherwise monetize the photos. Not that Tom has to stop taking them or publishing them for free.

The National Park Service, (NPS) now says that as a volunteer, all my photos, writings, blogs, artistic renderings, etc. that were done using information gathered while volunteering at the Bridge, are now exclusively the property of the NPS and I have no rights to any of my own work.

Tom, any clarification on this? Do you have to turn everything over? Is this ex post facto or from now on?

It would seem that the NPS, at least at Yosemite, should try to figure out just what kind of an organization it wants to be, and how they could collaborate with a constituency which has an intimate connection with the place.

Ed, it would appear its brass has already done so. This is such a shame, because almost all of NPS Yosemite employees I know are wonderful people, and many contribute greatly to this forum.

Good on you Capt Tom. I'm putting you in for a promotion to Major now. You're a lot more gracious than me though, those faceless souless POS valley PROFESSIONAL scumsuckers sucking off the public tit can kiss my ass.

Hopefully as a private citizen you are not hassled for doing your thing, which is so kind and interesting for so many.

The NPS action does not stand the test of basic reason and fairness and therefore is particularly repugnant; really just sort of a trick that jailers would play. Obviously we will not get the full tale from anyone, especially here.

Who would have foreseen this petty policy erupting into action today? There have to be ulterior reasons for this new tack. Like breaking up the Bridge scene and all that it usually entails during big days on El Cap. And the Master Plan is about to change the EC Meadow as well and its use very different in the near future.

Anyway Neubacher has never shown particular grace or wisdom whilst at the helm. Just look at his Oyster Farm Debacle at Point Reyes National? And the ever-loving foot-dragging and evident lip service over returning Camp Four to some vague state of decency and to its original planned size, especially for our myriad international visitors. Now decades running.